With the development of China's economy, more and more Chinese enterprises are active on the world stage, and cross-border M&A is the most effective and fastest way for enterprises to go abroad and make overseas investments, and it is also an important path for globalization after the enterprises have reached a certain stage of growth. Compared to domestic M&A, cross-border M&A is a more complex economic activity, requiring more factors to be considered and greater risks to be taken, with the slightest misstep often leading to operational difficulties for the acquiring company. It is important to consider whether cross-border M&A can improve business performance, the factors that influence the performance of cross-border M&A, and how to improve the performance of enterprises in cross-border M&A. This study takes 100 cross-border M&A events of Chinese listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen during the period of 2017-2020 as a sample, and on the basis of reviewing the research results of cross-border M&A at home and abroad, combined with the characteristics of cross-border M&A of Chinese enterprises, from different perspectives, a number of financial indicators are selected to construct comprehensive performance evaluation indicators using factor analysis, and the preliminary analysis shows that after cross-border M&A, the companies with increased performance The preliminary analysis showed that the number of companies whose performance increased after cross-border M&A increased year by year. The impact of industry relevance and transaction equity on M&A performance is not significant; the ratio ofM&A amount to current assets negatively affects firm performance in the year of M&A. Finally, based on the empirical results, relevant policy recommendations are made to encourage better development of private enterprises and improving cross-border M&A performance.

Various studies have been done on wealth effects and financial performance of firms in different countries but have yielded mixed results. Data on completed deals of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (CBMAs) comprising public listed firms with more than ten percent of share acquisition in five East Asian countries were analysed using event study and key financial ratios. Although the results for average abnormal returns in Indonesia and Korea were inconclusive, the results for Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines suggest that the market had reacted positively adding value to the target firms at merger announcements. There was a significant improvement in targets’ free cash flow after CBMAs when compared to both before CBMAs and also control firms after CBMAs. The results also reveal that that these five East Asian countries have moved towards more efficient markets.

We examine the impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on a target firm’s risk and return based on a sample of partially acquired target firms in 18 emerging countries between 1990 and 2007. We find that cross-border acquisitions significantly reduce both the total and downside risk of the target firms and that this reduction is more significant in acquisitions undertaken by bidders from countries that have better protection of investor rights. We also show that this risk reduction improves the risk adjusted performance of these firms. Thus, we conclude that cross-border partial acquisitions benefit an emerging market investors’ risk-return trade off by reducing investment risk and increasing investment returns; policy makers in emerging markets may be well advised to open their markets for partial cross-border acquisitions.

This study examines the effects of different dimensions of financing constraints (financial market development, governance environments, ownership control and other firm-specific characteristics) on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) for all takeover bids announced in nine East Asian economies from 1998 to 2005. The results of logistic regressions verify that the extent of stock market and governance developments encourages cross-border M&As in this region. The results also indicate that firm-specific financing constraints, except the ownership control variables, reduce the occurrence of cross-border M&As related to domestic M&As. Although family- and state-controlled firms have better access to external financing, they are reluctant to risk diluting their management control and thus prefers less cross-border M&As to domestic M&As. This study enhances the empirical studies of the financing constraint-investment relation based on the market imperfection theory in corporate finance theories. Information asymmetry is the main reason causing the market imperfection and leading to financing constraints to corporate investments. This study, by examining the relation over nine East Asian firms, thus provides an understanding of how such a relation fits in the firms in countries where information asymmetry is high.